hasten

1[intransitive]hasten to do somethingto say or do something without delayShe saw his frown and hastened to explain.He has been described as a “charmless bore”—not by me,I hasten to add.

2[transitive]hasten something(formal)to make something happen sooner or more quicklyThe treatment she received may, in fact, have hastened her death.News of the scandal certainly hastened his departure from office.